Doll house



'O ct. 7, 1947.

R. H. KESTON v I DOLL HOUSE Filed March 1,V 1946 IZ5 Sheets-Sheet 2 R. H. lKl-:sToN 2,428,628

DOLL HOUSE Filed March 1, 1946 Oct. 7, 1947.

Patented Oct. 7, 1947 DOLL HOUSE Reva Harris Keston, Minneapolis, Minn.

Application March 1, 1946, Serial No. 651,222/

6 Claims.

Myinvention relates to improvements in doll houses and more particularly to one that is foldable.

The object of this invention is to provide a foldable doll house that canA be quickly set up or folded into a very compactspace to facilitate packaging and storing when not in use.

Tothe above end the invention consists of the novel construction and arrangement hereinafter described and dened in the claims.

In theaccompanying drawing, which illustrates the, invention, like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings;

Fig. 1 is an end elevation of the improved doll house;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation ofthe same ;y

Fig. 3 is a fragmentarydetail view, partly in plan and partly in section, taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4' is a view looking at the parts shown in Fig. 3' in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig. 3;

Fig.- 5 isa top view of the doll house with the roof vand chimney removed ;l

Figs. 6 and 7 are fragmentary isometric views on an enlarged scale of the double and treble hinges respectively used in connecting the walls and partitions of the doll house;

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary isometric View of one of a plurality of clips applicable to the corners of the doll house tovprevent folding thereof.

Fig. 9 is a View corresponding to Fig. 5 showing the 4body of the doll house partly folded;

Fig. 10, is an elevational view showing the body of the doll house completely folded; and

Fig. 1l is an edge elevation view of the folded body of the doll house.

The end walls of the4 doll house each comprises two sections I2 and I3, one of the side walls comprises two sections I4 and I5 and the other side wall comprises two sections IB and I'i. The wall sections of each pair I2-I3, I4--I5 and I6-I1 are duplicate and horizontally spaced.

A longitudinal partition extends completely through the doll house from one end thereof to the other and midway between the side walls thereof. This partition comprises duplicate horizontally endwise spaced sections I a and I9. A transverse partition extends completely through the doll house at the longitudinal center thereof. This transverse partition comprises a section 2i? that extends from the joint between the two side wall sections I4 and I5 to the joint between the partition sections I8 and I9, and two laterally spaced sections2l and 22 that extend from said joint between the partition sections Iv and I9 and the joint between the said side wall sectionsy I6 and I1. The partition sections 20, 2|. and 22' are duplicates. All of the partition secl tions I 8, I9, 20, 2I and 22 are hingedly connected at their inner ends by a lacing 23 for folding movement into parallel planes. The partitions I8, I9, 20, 2| and22 divide the doll house into four rooms, A, B, C, and D of Vequal dimensions;

The end and sidewall sections at the four corners of the doll house areA connected by double hinges 24. The side wall section I6 vand the partition section 2I are connected at their adjacent ends by a double hinge 25. andthe side wall section l1 and the partitionY section 22. are connected at their adjacent ends by'a double hinge 26. 1

Obviously, the double partition sections 2I and 22 permits separate endwise movement of the side wall sections I6 and I'I. 'This structure lends itself to the folding of the doll house as will hereinafter appear.v

Triple hinges. 21j connect the sections I2, I3 and I8I2,l I3, and I9 and I4, yI5 and 20, at their adjacent ends. One of the vdouble hinges 24 is fragmentarily shown in Fig. 6, on an enlargedl of the leaves of the several hinges are each formed of a'strip of fabric.

To apply the hinges to the several sections of lthe doll house theH adhesive surfaces thereof 28 are rst mcistened, said sections inserted between the members of theleaves of the hinges, and said leaves pressed thereon. It will be noted that the hinges 24, 25, 26,;and ,2,1 extend thefull height of the sections of the doll house to which they are applied.`

The doll house has a gable roof comprising two duplicate sections 29 connected at the ridge of the roof by a fabric hinge 30 that extends the full length of the roof. The upper edge portions of the sections I2, I3, 20, 2l and 22 are reversely outwardly and downwardly inclined from the ridge of the roof to give the roof the desired pitch. The roof removably rests on the upper edges of the body of the doll house and the partitions therein and either section 29 of the roof may be lifted to afford access to the inner lying rooms A. B, C, and D.

The doll house is provided with a removable chimney 3! that extends through an aperture 32 in the roof sections 23. In the sides of the chimney 3|, at the bottom portion thereof, 'are deep kerfs 33 into which the partition sections I8, I9, 2D, 2| and 22 extend. These kerfs 33 not only hold the chimney 3| in position on the doll house but-further tend to keep the partition sections I8, I9, 2U, 2| and 22 in right angle arrangement. The chimney 3| also holds the roof sections 29 in position on the doll house. VThe sides of the chimney 3| are connected by fabric hinges 3d similar.

to the hinges 24 and extend the full length of Vsaid chimney. These hinges 34 permit the chimney 3| to be folded iiat when removed from the doll house.

If found desirable or necessary, the body of the doll house may be held from folding and the ends and sides thereof kept in rectangular arrangement by clips 35, one of which is shown in Fig. 8 on an enlarged scale. The c1ip35is insertable over the end and side sections of the doll dependent bodily movements toward and from each other about the center of the doll house body. This construction is necessary to permit distortion of the doll house body out of square in order to successively fold the sections forming each room A, B, C, and D. V

To fold the doll house body, the four corners of said body areY successively moved toward the center of said body. O-r in other words,'the cor-A ners of the doll house body are successively moved diagonally into the rooms A, B, C, and D as indicated by directional arrows on Fig. 9. Y Y

- Fig. 9 shows the doll house body partially folded and during the folding thereof the end and side sections of each room are brought into parallel arrangement with the partition sections to which they are hingedly connected. Each end or side section and the rhingedly connected partition section is free to swing laterally about the center of the doll house body, whereby said end and side sections and the connected partition sections are free for folding movement the one upon the other as shown in Figs. 10 andll. Y

In 4actual production of the doll house, the same will be provided with or have illustrated thereon, doors and windows and the body of the doll house colored and decorated to give a iinished and pleasing eiiect.

From what has been said, it will be understood that the doll house described is capable of modications as to details of construction and arrangement within the scope of the invention herein disclosed and claimed.

What I claim is:

1. A foldable doll house, the outer Walls of which form a rectangle hingedly connected at the corners,V each wall comprising two horizontally endwise spaced sections, partitions extending one from each of the joints between the sections of three of the walls to the center of the doll house, the sections of each of said three walls and one end of each respective partition being all hingedly connected together, and two other partitions extending one from the inner edge of Veach of the sections of the fourth wall Y andhingedly connected thereto, all of said partitions being hingedly connected at their inner ends.

2. A foldable square doll house the walls of which are hingedly connected at the corners, each wall comprising two duplicate horizontally endwise spaced sections, tWo duplicate partitions extending from the joints between the sections of tWo opposite walls to the center ofthe doll house,

a third partition perpendicular tothe first noted partitions and extending from the joint between the sections of one of the other Walls to the cenn ter of the doll house, each of said partitions and the inner ends of the respective wall sections al1 'being hingedly connected together, and two othery partitions hingedly connected one to each of the inner ends of the sections of the fourth Wall, said third partition and the last noted'two partitions being duplicates, al1 of the partitions being hingedly connected at their inner` ends.` i

3. The structure defined in claim 1, further irlcluding a removable roof for the doll house coinprising sections hingedlyfconnected together.r`

4. The structure defined inl claim 2 further including a removable gable roof for'the doll house comprising two duplicate sections hingedly' connected to each other at the ridge of the roof, the edges of two of the opposite walls of the `doll house and the partitions that are parallel thereto being outwardly and downwardly inclined from the ridge of the roof to support said roof at the desired pitch.

5. The structure defined ink claim 2 further including a foldable chimney extending through an aperture in the roof and having in its lower end portion, kerfs into Which the partitions extend.

6. The structure defined-in claim 1 further including clips applicable to the Walls of the doll house at the corners thereof for holding the Walls in rectangular arrangement.

' REVA HARRIS KESION.V 

